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Might family fonds
Fonds · [ca. 1860] - [ca. 1900]

Fonds consists of cabinet photographs, carte de visites and one tintype, all portraits of members of the Might family of Brampton and their relatives. The donor provided annotations regarding identities on tags attached to the photographs whose subjects were known to them. These were removed and photocopied along with the corresponding photograph; photocopies are included with the fonds. The subjects of some of the portraits are unknown. The first file contains identified portraits, the second unidentifed.

The Growler
File · 6 April 1889
Part of Region of Peel Archives newspaper collection

File consists of a satirical newspaper called "The Growler". The title was apparently printed weekly on Saturday afternoons.

While the item lists "Quirk, Gammon & Snap" as its editors, it was a project of the Brampton Times editor and his son, George and Luther "Lou" Tye.

C.P.R. Station, Brampton
CA ON00380 1991.028-207 · Item · ca. 1910
Part of Richard L. Frost postcard collection

Item consists of a real photo postcard of the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Brampton, featuring a crowd of onlookers and a horse and wagon for Queen's Hotel, Brampton.

BRAMPTON 1948
CA ON00380 1991.028-276 · Item · 16 Mar. 1948
Part of Richard L. Frost postcard collection

Item consists of a postcard of a photograph of the 1948 Etobicoke Creek flood in Brampton, inscribed on the side by the owner "Brampton 1948".

Main St, Brampton, Ont.
CA ON00380 1991.028-006 · Item · ca. 1905
Part of Richard L. Frost postcard collection

Item consists of a photographic postcard of downtown Brampton, showing the British Union Jack, Canadian Red Ensign, and a coat of arms. Inscribed "Copyrighted by Atkinson Bros. 1905".

Atkinson Bros.